A Green Monster Spinach Smoothie is packed with good-for-you ingredients. Make and enjoy often for breakfast, snack, or anytime you need a pick-me-up!
Sick of salads but craving the health and hydration benefits? Drink your veggies in the form of a Green Monster Spinach Smoothie!
Green Monster Spinach Smoothies are one of my top secret diet weapons because, although they’re packed with baby spinach which make skin, hair, nails, and our overall selves feel totally great, they do not taste healthy at all.
I repeat, they do not taste healthy at all.
PLUS!
- Spinach is fat free, cholesterol free, low in calories, and very low in sodium
- Spinach is an excellent source of vitamin A, C, K, iron, fiber, folate, and lutein
- Leutin is an antioxidant that promotes good eye health, and may help prevent cancer of the liver, ovaries, colon and prostate, and even dementia.
- Dole lab tests found spinach juice has twice the chlorophyl, eight times the calcium, six times the magnesium, 10 times the potassium, 15 times the vitamin C and 43 times the vitamin A of wheatgrass juice!
Are you convinced yet? Well channel your inner Popeye and get to blending already!
To a high speed blender add a sliced frozen banana and peanut butter.
- Tip: peel and slice your bananas BEFORE you freeze them.
Next add protein-packed vanilla Greek yogurt, and unsweetened vanilla almond milk. You can truly use any kind of milk you want — cow’s, rice, soy, etc.
Fill the blender the rest of the way up with baby spinach. I usually get around 4 cups though you can use more or less if you like!
Blend until the Green Monster Smoothie is velvety smooth.
Pure green gold!
I almost feel guilty enjoying one of these babies, as it tastes like a sweet, indulgent ice cream shake. It’s perfect for breakfast, lunch or even a snack.
Try throwing in different kinds of greens, protein powder, and any frozen fruit or berry combo under the sun. The sky’s the limit with this ultra-healthy, not-healthy-tasting Green Monster Spinach Smoothie!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 sliced banana, frozen
- 1 Tablespoon creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup 0% Vanilla Chobani Greek yogurt
- 1 cup milk, unsweetened vanilla almond milk recommended
- 4 cups baby spinach, or more or less
Directions
- Add all the ingredients into a high-powered blender in the order listed above then blend until very smooth.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are estimates only. Please read our full nutrition information disclaimer.
*Sources: Dole, WH Foods, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
I love green smoothies I make mine with frozen strawberries, spinach, unsweetened almond milk and chocolate protein powder its like a chocolate covered strawberry milk shake mmmmmm
Will try your recipe soon thanks
I’m a new follower and found you from Pinterest. I have always been VERY skeptical of these smoothies and the people that claim “they’re good! you can’t taste the spinach!” but I decided to try it out for dinner anyway. Oh. My. Goodness. These are yummy – I feel healthy & full after drinking it! Absolutely don’t taste the spinach one bit! This will be perfect as a quick breakfast or snack after working out. Thanks for converting me. :)
This smoothie is amazing. I’m a dietitian and I’m telling EVERYONE to try it (and sending them the link to your website, too). Great idea! Esp for kids who won’t eat veggies. ;)
Anyone ever tried oatmeal in this as a sub for the yogurt? I put quick cooking oats in a lot of my smoothies to boost fiber and I can’t taste it… sounds delicious!
Yes! Thank you for reminding me – I have made this smoothie with 1/4 cup old fashioned oats many times and it’s great!
so I pinned this…tried it for lunch today, and LOVED it!! It seriously just tastes like bananas and peanut butter…can’t taste the spinach at all!! I am now hooked :)
What exactly does this taste like? I am really curious to try it, but I don’t want to be completely grossed out. I eat most fruits so any recommendations would be appreciated.
I just tried it today – tastes just like bananas & peanut butter!! It was SO good!!
This sounds great. Any idea how many carbs total are in one of these? I am trying to figure out if I can use one as a meal replacement and I need 30-45 grams of carbs after the fiber grams are removed.
I am going to try this. Thank you for sharing.
THIS SMOOTHIE is AMAAAAZING!
I have shared with all my friends. Thanks so much for this great and healthy recipe. You have fans all the way in Alaska. :)
I wouldn’t call it GOOD, but it’s not BAD at all… After I added an extra banana to sweeten it up more. The kids ate some too and I made the extra into popsicles. If they don’t eat the popsicles I’ll just use them in the future in other smoothies. Thanks for the recipe! Perfect for my little one that won’t eat much and needs to gain weight.
Thank you for posting this recipe! I found it on pinterest..and oh my goodness. My kids even LOVE it. We didn’t have any pb for our first round but it still tasted great without it. When the kids are done with school, this is the snack they ask for. We split it 3 ways and everyone still gets full ;) thanks again
I made this smoothie over the weekend and featured it on my blog today. I’m eating smoothies everyday thanks to this! Keep up the great blog!
I had a “recipe fail” on this. Not sure what I did wrong, either, considering all the rave reviews. I could totally taste the spinach. I was unable to get the mix totally liquified with my blender, so maybe that was the issue. I will try making this again but will add some berries/fruit juice and reduce spinach to increase sweetness.